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Hotel reception
Business
Hotels charging more for breakfast, less for rooms due to higher VAT rate
10 November 2025 - 12:00
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Bookstore
Politics
Dutch gov't backs off: No VAT hike on books, culture, sports
14 November 2024 - 13:26
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Books
Politics
Gov't pressing forward with plans to increase sales tax on books, culture, entertainment
8 November 2024 - 11:29
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Ajax supporters. 28 Aug 2018.
PoliticsBusinessCultureEntertainmentSports
With VAT set to rise from 9 to 21%, cultural, sports and media groups team up in protest
3 June 2024 - 12:00
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 Dutch band Jeugd van Tegenwoordig during Parkpop festival in 2018.
BusinessCultureArtEntertainmentSports
Sectors unite against right-wing coalition's plan to hike VAT from 9 to 21 percent
30 May 2024 - 12:50
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Bookstore
CultureEntertainment
Culture, hospitality sectors fear consequences of planned VAT hike
20 May 2024 - 09:00
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Heating system.
Business
Energy bills will rise sharply when government’s price cap expires
23 November 2022 - 08:07
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Fresh fruit aisle at a supermarket
BusinessFood
Supermarket starts petition to lower VAT rate on fruit & veg
25 February 2021 - 18:30
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Shopping
Business
VAT, energy tax increases push Netherlands inflation; wages lagging behind
9 January 2020 - 11:00
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Media Park museum Hilversum
BusinessPoliticsScienceInnovation
Law Changes 2020: Education and Culture
17 December 2019 - 17:00
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Carrots for Sinterklaas' horse
Business
Bag of Sinterklaas gifts 2.6 percent more expensive this year
15 November 2019 - 16:00
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Amsterdam trams packed full on a snowy Monday morning, 11 Dec 2017
Business
Public transit prices rising faster than personal car costs
2 September 2019 - 08:35
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Volunteers sorting food bank donations
Food
More Dutch families making use of food banks
21 August 2019 - 07:39
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Waitresses
Business
New labor law to push up prices in hospitality industry: ABN Amro
1 August 2019 - 13:50
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Grocery shopping
BusinessFood
Dutch food prices up 14.5% in ten years
17 June 2019 - 13:20
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Grocery shopping
Business
Higher VAT rate pushes Dutch consumer prices to biggest increase since 2013
13 February 2019 - 14:20
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Grocery shopping
Business
More purchasing power for most Dutch households, despite higher bills
19 January 2019 - 08:00
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Fresh fruit aisle at a supermarket
Business
Law changes 2019: Consumers
28 December 2018 - 17:00
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Schiphol Airport station in Amsterdam
Business
NS fears fewer travelers due to higher VAT on tickets
31 October 2018 - 07:59
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Woman with a wallet full of euros
Business
VAT increase to cost Dutch households around €300
14 August 2018 - 10:30
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A physician is holding his stethoscope
Health
Law changes for 2018 so far: Healthcare
23 December 2017 - 08:00
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Jesse Klaver
Politics
Left-wing opposition parties present alternative government agreement
31 October 2017 - 09:05
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Gert-Jan Segers
Politics
New Dutch Gov't formation: What we know so far
9 October 2017 - 19:06
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Integration exam
BusinessPolitics
New Dutch govt. to change integration policy, increase VAT
6 October 2017 - 08:49

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